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Before the 1980s hospitals grew from 178 in 1872 to 4359 in 1909 (Shi & Singh, 2005). One of the significant reasons to the growth of hospitals points to the government and The Hill-Burton Act. This act provided federal grants to states for the construction of new community hospital beds. Because of the severe shortage in hospital beds after World War II, the act was put in place to improve the utilization of beds. Later this act would result in greater consequences due to the downsizing of…

Workplace has never been a safest place, albeit all the new innovative technology, financial investment and skilled manpower the safety and health of the workers still remain ambiguous. In 2013 alone, more than 2.3 million worker succumbed in workplace and work related fatalities and many more work related injuries and illnesses (ILO, 2013). Globally, entire workforce is crying out for effective safety management system and historically, after the major accident of Flixborough in 1974 and other…

The culture and structure of an organization develop over time and in response to a complex set of factors. Handy (1993) and Robbins (2007) has identified a number of key influences that are likely to play an important role in the development of any corporate culture. These include: • history; • strategy; • technology; • goals and objectives; • size; • location; • management and staffing; and • the environment. Organisational structure: Organisational structure is that which defines how job…

In late 1996, China’s leaders vehemently objected to Disney’s plans to distribute the movie ‘Kundun,’ Martin Scorsese’s film that told the story of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and China’s brutal occupation of that nation. Following the film’s release in 1997, China’s leaders made threatening statements concerning Disney’s future in their markets. Disney held firm on its position on the movie. “Disney’s potential business in China is infinite. But Disney has to decide whether…

If hotels want to ensure successful financial performance, they should consider using total quality management as well as capital to improve the quality of their corporate social responsibility strategy. In order to dive deeper into the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance, a literature review of six articles related to corporate social responsibility, stakeholder management…

From: Ms.Rituparna Majumdar, legal counsel, HSBC Bank To: Dr. Abiola Makinwa, the Chairwoman, and the Board of Directors, HSBC Bank Subject: Review of HSBC CSR Strategy Date: 24.10.14 Responsible Banking for a company like HSBC The HSBC‘s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy is about doing good business responsibly. Responsible banking for HSBC is to play a positive role in the economy of the country they operate and society at large. The social initiative taken by HSBC is grouped…

Terrorism. An act or threatened act of violence against innocent people for political purpose. Or is it a violation of laws. Terrorism is difficult to define because there is no standard meaning. Alex P. Schmid says most definitions of the term have two characteristics: 1) Someone is terrorized and 2) the meaning of the term is derived from the terrorists’ targets and victims. We can all agree that terrorism is a problem, but we can never agree on what terrorism is. A great example of terrorism…

True False 22. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act establishes requirements for proper financial record keeping for public companies and penalties for noncompliance. True False 23. The purpose of a code of ethics is to state an organization's expectations for all its external stakeholders. True False 24. A code of ethics is usually a guarantee that the company and its employees maintain high ethical standards of behavior. True False 25. The law prohibits employers from…

Australia and study at Curtin University, implementing the right security procedure is a key aspect for Curtin University to encourage students to choose Curtin University and the deployment of the right procedures will help Curtin achieve it’s financial objectives “an effective security strategy helps to ensure good security management throughout the organisation and indeed is an important part of its corporate governance. A security strategy that is directly related to the wider organisational…

this fairly new field that consists of anything from digital artifacts to network and databases analyzation. (criminaljusticedegreeschools). Computer forensic has become a major important factor in many cases dealing with computer crimes such as financial fraud, unauthorized intrusion, identity theft and homicides, drugs related crimes, or pornography. This field specializes in the practice of investigating computer and network media to discover hidden or deleted data what could be used for…